 Blue Van The Art Of Rolling
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The Blue Van are young Danish masters of the rave-up: that Sixties state of raging white-blues bliss immortalized on Five Live Yardbirds and early, brawling-R&B singles by the Animals and the Small Faces. The Van have the vintage tools to superheat a beat: the muscular ripple of Soren Christensen's Hammond organ; Per Jorgensen's very Keith Moon way with a drum kit. The band -- with Steffen Westmark on vocals and guitar, and Allan Villadsen on bass -- also has the tunes, packing the delirium I know from its live shows into the hurricane torque of "Word From the Bird," "Revelation of Love" and the final blowout, "New Slough," which takes off like the Who's "Young Man Blues" with the late Read More Graham Bond at the ivories. Sure, it's retro fun -- with forward purpose. "We're gonna make the new classic times," Westmark promises in "Mob Rule." The word from this bird: Get in the Van.
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